Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 9,630 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Cameroon stood at 9,630 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Cameroon peaked at 10,022 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,000 kg/ha, in 1991.
Cameroon ranks 85th of 97 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7,143 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 7,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 7,143 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 7,059 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 7,143 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 7,200 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 7,407 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 7,576 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 7,500 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 7,830 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 7,901 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 7,913 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 7,834 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 7,908 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 7,828 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 7,912 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 9,767 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2007 | 9,878 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 8,646 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 8,660 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 8,912 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 9,168 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 9,253 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 9,352 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 9,447 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 9,574 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 9,676 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 9,756 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 9,840 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 9,932 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 10,022 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 9,788 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 9,709 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 9,682 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 9,630 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 9,630 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,573 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 9,630 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,453 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,300 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 7,830 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,425 kg/ha | 7,828 kg/ha | 9,878 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,491 kg/ha | 8,912 kg/ha | 9,932 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,766 kg/ha | 9,630 kg/ha | 10,022 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Cameroon?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Cameroon was 9,630 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 10,022 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Cameroon rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 85th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.